Posts belonging to Category Palestinian Authority

Bibi’s Surprise to Jordan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a surprise trip to Jordan to meet with King Abdullah on Tuesday, according to many sources.  The AFP reports that the main purpose of the trip is to urge Abdullah to pressure Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas into direct peace talks with Israel. Israel has removed all of the stops [...]

Israel Offers Peace Talks, PA Says No

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington today to chat with President Barack Obama. Before going into the meeting, Netanyahu made a big gesture by offering to meet with PA President Mahmoud “Abu Mazen” Abbas in direct peace talks.

Palestinian Jailed for Selling Land to Jew

A 44 year old man was sentenced to 10 years in Palestinian prison for selling land to a Jewish man.

Blame it on the Occupation

I recently happened to switch on BBC World News, a channel that I don’t usually watch.   As I surfed by the channel, my attention was attracted by voice of an Arab speaker when I heard him criticizing Israel.  Although this is not an unusual thing to hear, I generally express interest in these types of [...]

PA Still Stealing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Toameh gives several examples of Mahmoud Abbas stealing from the Palestinian people. Here is just one example…

Egypt Claims That US Supports Palestinian State in 2012

According to Egyptian sources, the United States is supportive of a plan that would create a Palestinian state in 2012. Israeli leaders say that it is absurd to think that a new state could be built up in two years.

If the US Were Like the Palestinian Controlled Territories…

Today’s announcement that Fatah has given itself an indefinite mandate to rule has me thinking.  This kind of action would not be accepted most places in the world.  What if it were like that in the United States?  I thought I would give you something to think about. Imagine waking up in the morning and [...]

U.S May Support Unilateral Palestinian State at U.N

Reader Elizabeth passed on an interesting article from World Net Daily about Palestinian attempts to gain US support in declaring a new state unilaterally.

Sweden Calls Jerusalem Capital of “Palestine”

For a country that does not exist, it is quite a move to call Jerusalem both the capital of Israel and “Palestine.”  Sweden’s government has made a proposal to the European Union to call Jerusalem a joint capital and recognize it as a joint capital for two nations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PA leaders [...]

Netanyahu Announces Settlement Freeze

There is a reason that I prefer Likud to Labour and Kadima, and there is a reason I prefer the National Union to the Likud. The Likud is a center right party. It will go along with many international interests, but will stand up for itself in many cases. National Union will fight for what it believes no matter what.